Paper-gage for type-writers.



W. P. BUTLER.

PAPER GAGE FOR'TYPE WRITERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1915.

Patented. May 2,1916.

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PAPER GAGE FOR TYPE WRITERS.

APPLICATION HLED.NOV. 20. 1915.

Patented May 2, 191 3.

,ing to be done.

WALTER P. BUTLER, OF ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA.

PAPER-GAGE FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER P. BUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Brown,.in the State of South Dakota, having invented a i new, novel, and useful Device to be Used as a Paper-Gage for Type-Writers, of which the following is a specification, and to declare as follows.

My invention relates to an improvement in a paper-gage to enable the operator of a typewriter to determine 1st-when he or she arrives at the last or bottom line to be written on a sheet of paper of any length on which a bottom margln of any desired \vidthhas been allowed for; also, 2d-to en-v able the operator to see at a glance how. many more lines remain to be written on the page; thus saving time and paper and securing greater neatness and uniformity in the writ- I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the. several views which are described as follows.

v In the drawings F ignre 1, is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2, is a sideview of the hook or paper-stop. Fig. 3, is a cross-section of the gage-plate. Fig. 1, is a cross-section through apart of my device. Fig. 5, is a front-view of my invention showing a rack-and-pinion arrangement for adjusting the gage-plate. -F.ig. 6, is a front-view of the gage-plate removed from the frame or face-plate. Fig, 7, shows the hinge for attaching the device to the paperslide or paper-table of the typewriter. Fig. 8, is a cross-section of the device through the rack and pinion. Fig. 9, is an end-view of the device-showing itsmethod of folding. Fig. 10, is a front-view of the device showing an alternative method of attachment. Fig. 11, shows the device as attached to the paper-slide or papertable and folding for ward out of use. Fig. 12, is a partial frontview of the device showing its use with a half-length sheet of writing paper. Fig. 13, is',a partial front-view of the. device showi'g'its. use with letter-head sheets of wr'ting paper. Fig. 14, is a partial front .view of the device showing its use with gal-cap sheet of writing paper. Fig. 0;; shows a form of hinge to be used in at- I taching the device to the paper-slide or pa per-table of an L. C. Smith typewriter,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed No'iember 20, 1915.

Patented Ma 2; 1916.

Serial No. 62,630.

shown in Fig. 15.; Fig. 17, shows a frontview of the gage-"plate. with triple row of graduations for single, double, and triple writing. :Fig. 18, shows a frontview of an alternative method ofconstructing the device. Fig. 19, shows a partial front-view of the device in useto show the Fig. 16, shows an end-view of thev hinge relation between the paper being written on and the scales and 'graduations on the gage-plate.

Fig. 1 is a' front view of the paper-gage device which is intended to be made as an integral part of a typewriter or added as an attachment thereto (preferably to the metal plate over which the paper slides hack of the platen or roller; though it might, in

some cases, be more conveniently attached to some other part of the machine). The device consists essentially of two main parts, the face or front plates or frame A A which is to be made of steel, aluminum, orother suitable metal, joined at the back by the metal guide plate B; and the vertically or longitudinally sliding gage-plate C whereon are proper graduations to indicate the line position of the paper.

The gage-plate C slides in the grooves between the front plates A A and the backplate B of the frame, as shown in Fig. i, whichis a section of the device along the line 1 y of Fig. 1. The gage-plate C may preferably have a cross section, as shown in Fig. 3, the raised or thicker. middle por tion adding to the strength of the plate and bringing the graduated face thereof flush with the surface of the face-plate or frame A A. At the upper end of the gage-plate G the metal of which it is made is bent forward to form a hook or stop (see side view of said hook in Fig. 2) against which the top of the paper hits when the last or bottom line to be written is reached.

The graduatio'ns on the gage-plate G are in two columns marked S and D. Column S shows the graduations to be used when single space writing is used; the numbers 2-46, &c., indicating the number of the lines from the bottom or last line tobe written. lolumn D shows the graduations to be used when double-space writ ng 1s to be used,

- the numbers 23--l, &c., as inthe former case, indicating the line-position of the )aper with reference to the last or bottom line to be written. The lower set of gradufeature of this invention.)

. Fig. shows an alternative form of this device which is essentially the same as that shown in Fig. 1, except that instead of hav- :UIQ; the vertical or longltudmah ad ustment of the gage-plate C made directly by the hand, there is added to the back of the de 'vice'a rack and pinion so that by turning the thumb-screw T the gage-plate C is vertically orlongi'tudinally moved and adjusted to the desired. position.

,liig. 8 shows, on an enlarged scale, a crosssection of the device along the line 1: 'v of Fig. In this view T isthe thumb-screw on the outer end of the short shaft running through the bearing U attachedto the hackplate B] \V is a pinion or star-wheel on the inner end of the said short shaft. It passes tln'ough a hole or slit in the backplate 13 and engages with oi into holes R forming a rack along or ,in the edge of the gage-plate C, as more clearly shown in Fig. 6 which is a front view of'the gageplate (The form and arrangement of the rack and pinion, or even its use at all, as an integral part of the device," is not claimed as an essential partof this invention but only as an alternative means of more easily :uljustiug the gage-plate C.)

F Z shows a form of hinge which may preferably be used to attach this device to the paper-guide plate of a typewriter. A double row of holes S S and S S admit of some vertical adjustment of the device upon the attacl'iing screws or bolts N N; and the horizontal elongation of the said holes admits of some lateral. adjustment of the device upon the attaching screws or bolts N N and the paper-guide plate P. (See Fig, a partial side view of the device If the device A B turns'on the hinge at D in the directmn of the arrow 2? until it rests upon the. hinge H tis in proper position for use. When not in use the device may be, turned in the opposite direction, as indicated by the arrow t (forward toward the B as ai'ztached by a hinge H and bolts N- he mppuguide plate P of a typewriter.

Fig. 10 shows the device in position to use and as hinged upon. a wire D clamped upon or over the edges of the paper-guide plate P of a typewriter by means of the thumb-screw and clamp at F.

Fig. 11 shows the device turned forward and down over the platen when not in use, and shows the back of the device with the rack and pinion adjusting device, and also the attachment by the adjustable hinge H to the paper-guide plate P.

A. second sheet of drawings submitted herewith shows more fully this device in operation and certain modifications thereof. ()n this sheet Fig. 12 shows the device with the gage-plate C pressed downward to the limit in the frame A thus being in position to use with a short or half-length sheet of paper, which is shown by the dotted line 1 l. The upper edge of the paper having reached the 1 position on the lower scale the operator knows at a-glance that the last or bottom line is being written on the sheet.

Fig. 13 shows the device adjusted for use with a regular letterhead size sheet of paper. In this' case the gage-plate C has been moved up so that when the last or bottom line to be written is in position for writing the upper edge of the paper 2-2 just touches the top of the gage-plate C under the hook 01' stop E.

Fig. 14 shows the device adjusted for use with a long or legal-cap sheet of paper. In this case the gage-plate C is drawn up and out still more so that when the last or bottom line to be written is in position for writing, the upper edge of the paper 3-3 justtouches the' top of the gage-plate C under the hook or stop E.

'l/Fig. 15 showsa. slight modification of the form of the hinge H. such as would probably be used in attaching the device to an L. C. Smith typewriter whereon the paperguide plate P is curved. In this case a part of the metal of the hinge H is cut and curved or bent upward, as at V, to form a rest or support for the device when turned into position to use.

Fig. 16 is an end view of the device thus attached with the hinge shown in Fig. 15 to the curved paper-guide plate of an'L. C. Smith typewriter and clearly shows how the upturned portion V of the hinge H forms a back-rest or support for the frame A B of the device. Thus may the form of the hinge vary with the varying designs graduating the guide-plate C, whereon the left-hand column, and the middle column are graduated respectlvely for singlespace and for two-space or double- VIEW S.

space writin as shown in all the other But t ere is added thereto a third column, at the right, to be used for three space writing. Thus without either physical or mental effort, this device is always in adjustment for any spacing of the lines to be written on the paper.

Fig. 18 shows an alternative design or method of construction of this paper-gage device which is, in principle, the same as the forms shown in the previously numbered views. In this case the "face-plate or frame A-A. is made of one piece of metal the arms of which are joined-at the back by the guide plate B, as in the former designs. Instead, however, of being attached to the paper-guide plate P by some form of hinge. as heretofore shown, which would permit of the device, when not in use, being folded forward on or over the platen, this form of the device is attached to the paper-guide plate P by some suitable form of screw or bolt, a, with washer, b, and it is to be held in the vertical working-position shown by any suitable form of clamp or locking mechanism, best suited to the design orcontour of the plate P to which it is to be attached; such mechanism not being shown in this view. When not in use the device may be rotated or hinged upon the attaching screw or bolt, a, in the lateralv direction of the arrow, (1, (or in theopposite direction) into the horizontal position indicated by the dotted line 0, when it would lie in a plane parallel with and adjacent to the paperguide plate P.

Fig. 19 shows use, a sheet of paper lying over the face of the device with all the writing plainly in view. The operator sees at a glancethat the upper edge of the paper is on the 13th line of the single-space column of the scale, and on the 7th line of the double-space column of the scale, and he'therefore knows at once that he is writing on those respectively numbered lines, as measured from the last or bottom line to be written on that sheet. When the paper has, in the progress of the work, advanced to the position shown by the dotted line 4-4 the operator sees at once that he is then writin on the third line from the bottom (sing e space), and has but two more lines to write on that sheet; or that he is then writing on the sec-- 0nd line from the bottom (double space), and has but one more line to write on the sheet.

Thus simple is the operation of this dehow the device appears in.

vice which performs no mechanical function but doesvisually-give to the operator the desired information as to the line position of the paper being written upon.

To use this device, it having been attached to the typewriter in any manner best suited to the design or pattern of the machine, mark on the sheet of paper to be used the position of the last or bottom line to be written on the sheet thus allowing for a blank margin of any desired width on the bottom of the sheet. Then insert the sheet in the typewriter and bring the last or bottom line so marked to the position of writing. Then, means of the rack-and-pinion attachment, adjust the vertical or longitudinal position of the sliding gage-plate C so that the top .edge of the paper just touches the notch under the hook E, as shown in Figs. 13 and 14. The device is thus set for use. \vh n writing, ,as ward over the face of the device the upper edg of the paper indicates on the scale on the gage-plate C the number of from the bottom of the page which is then being written on, and the number of lines still to be written on that page, as shown in Fig. 19. A great advantage secured by the use of this device is that it holds the paper up so that all the writing thereon .is' visible instead of allowing the paper to hang down back of the machine where much of the writing is not visible.

Having thus described my invention-what I claim as new and novel and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A line-gage mounted on the paper-table of a typewriter and movable as a whole pivotally from an inoperative position be-'- low the top of position upwardly and in rear of and in the same plane with the paper-table, comprising a frame provided with a pair of longitudinal grooves, a metal strip slidably mounted in said grooves, the upper end of the metal strip being bent over forwardly and downwardly, and a line-gage numbered from the top downwardly so mounted upon thestrip WALTER P. BUTLER. Witnesses:

F. W. HATTERSCHEIDT, ARTHUR M. Conn.

the line either with the fingers or by Then the paper advances upthe typewriter carriage to a 

